supernova

See also: Supernova, supèrnova, supernovă, and süpernova

English

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *úp

Proto-Indo-European *-er

Proto-Indo-European *upér

Proto-Italic *super

Latin super

Latin super-lbor.

English super-

English nova

English supernova

From super- + nova.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌsuː.pə(ɹ)ˈnəʊ.və/

• Audio (General American):

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• Audio (Southern England):

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• Rhymes: -əʊvə
• Hyphenation: su‧per‧no‧va

Noun

supernova (plural supernovae or supernovæ or supernovas)

1. (astronomy) A powerful and bright explosion of a massive star, which afterwards becomes a neutron star or a black hole, or is destroyed.
2. (figurative) Something brilliant.
   • 2019 December, Justin Blackburn, The Bisexual Christian Suburban Failure Enlightening Bipolar Blues, page 59:

     Cornelius was the only one dressed in muscle but collectively they were a bully supernova.

Synonyms

• SN (abbreviation)

Hyponyms

• (astronomy): fast-evolving luminous transient

Derived terms

• failed supernova
• go supernova
• presupernova
• stripped-envelope supernova
• supernova impostor
• supernoval
• supernova remnant

Related terms

• dwarf nova
• hypernova
• micronova
• nova
• red nova
• unnova

Translations

exploding star

• Afrikaans: supernova (af)
• Albanian: supernovë f
• Arabic: مُسْتَعِر أَعْظَم m (mustaʕir ʔaʕẓam)
• Basque: supernoba
• Belarusian: звышно́вая f (zvyšnóvaja)
• Bulgarian: свръхно́ва (bg) f (svrǎhnóva)
• Catalan: supernova f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 超新星 (zh) (chāoxīnxīng)

• Czech: supernova (cs) f
• Danish: supernova (da) c
• Dutch: supernova (nl)
• Esperanto: supernovao
• Estonian: supernoova
• Finnish: supernova (fi)
• French: supernova (fr) f
• Georgian: ზეახალი ვარსკვლავი (zeaxali varsḳvlavi)
• German: Supernova (de) f
• Greek: υπερκαινοφανής (el) m (yperkainofanís)
• Hebrew: סוּפֶּרְנוֹבָה (he) f (supernova)
• Hindi: अधिनवतारा (adhinavtārā)
• Hungarian: szupernóva (hu)
• Icelandic: sprengistjarna (is) f
• Indonesian: supernova (id)
• Irish: ollnóva
• Italian: supernova (it) f
• Japanese: 超新星 (ja) (ちょうしんせい, chōshinsei)
• Kazakh: ғаламатжұлдыз (ğalamatjūldyz)
• Korean: 초신성(超新星) (ko) (chosinseong)
• Latvian: pārnova f, supernova f
• Lithuanian: supernova f
• Macedonian: супернова f (supernova)
• Malay: supernova
• Maltese: supernova f
• Māori: whetū ahoaho
• Mongolian: нэн шинэ од (nen šine od)
• Norman: supèrnova m
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: supernova

  Nynorsk: supernova

• Persian: ابرنواختر (fa) (abar-now-axtar)
• Polish: supernowa (pl) f
• Portuguese: supernova (pt) f
• Romanian: supernovă (ro) f
• Russian: сверхно́вая звезда́ (ru) f (sverxnóvaja zvezdá), сверхно́вая (ru) f (sverxnóvaja), суперно́ва f (supernóva)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: супернова f

  Latin: supernova (sh) f

• Slovak: supernova f
• Slovene: supernova (sl) f
• Spanish: supernova (es) f
• Swedish: supernova (sv) c
• Thai: มหานวดารา, ซูเปอร์โนวา
• Turkish: süpernova (tr)
• Ukrainian: наднова́ зі́рка f (nadnová zírka), наднова́ f (nadnová)
• Vietnamese: siêu tân tinh (vi) (超新星)
• Welsh: uwchnofa f

See also

• nova

Further reading

• supernova on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Dutch

Etymology

Probably borrowed from English supernova or German Supernova. Equivalent to super- +‎ nova.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌsy.pərˈnoː.vaː/

• Audio:

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• Hyphenation: su‧per‧no‧va
• Rhymes: -oːvaː

Noun

supernova f (plural supernovae or supernova's, diminutive supernovaatje n)

1. (astronomy) supernova

Further reading

• supernova on the Dutch Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^nl

Finnish

Etymology

super- +‎ nova

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsuperˌnoʋɑ/, [ˈs̠upe̞rˌno̞ʋɑ̝]
• Rhymes: -oʋɑ
• Syllabification^(key): su‧per‧no‧va
• Hyphenation^(key): super‧nova

Noun

supernova

1. (astronomy) supernova (exploding star)

Declension

Inflection of supernova (Kotus type 10/koira, no gradation)
nominative		supernova	supernovat
genitive		supernovan	supernovien
partitive		supernovaa	supernovia
illative		supernovaan	supernoviin
		singular	plural
nominative		supernova	supernovat
accusative	nom.	supernova	supernovat
	gen.	supernovan
genitive		supernovan	supernovien supernovain rare
partitive		supernovaa	supernovia
inessive		supernovassa	supernovissa
elative		supernovasta	supernovista
illative		supernovaan	supernoviin
adessive		supernovalla	supernovilla
ablative		supernovalta	supernovilta
allative		supernovalle	supernoville
essive		supernovana	supernovina
translative		supernovaksi	supernoviksi
abessive		supernovatta	supernovitta
instructive		—	supernovin
comitative		See the possessive forms below.

Possessive forms of supernova (Kotus type 10/koira, no gradation)

first-person singular possessor singular plural nominative supernovani supernovani accusative nom. supernovani supernovani gen. supernovani genitive supernovani supernovieni supernovaini rare partitive supernovaani supernoviani inessive supernovassani supernovissani elative supernovastani supernovistani illative supernovaani supernoviini adessive supernovallani supernovillani ablative supernovaltani supernoviltani allative supernovalleni supernovilleni essive supernovanani supernovinani translative supernovakseni supernovikseni abessive supernovattani supernovittani instructive — — comitative — supernovineni second-person singular possessor singular plural nominative supernovasi supernovasi accusative nom. supernovasi supernovasi gen. supernovasi genitive supernovasi supernoviesi supernovaisi rare partitive supernovaasi supernoviasi inessive supernovassasi supernovissasi elative supernovastasi supernovistasi illative supernovaasi supernoviisi adessive supernovallasi supernovillasi ablative supernovaltasi supernoviltasi allative supernovallesi supernovillesi essive supernovanasi supernovinasi translative supernovaksesi supernoviksesi abessive supernovattasi supernovittasi instructive — — comitative — supernovinesi first-person plural possessor singular plural nominative supernovamme supernovamme accusative nom. supernovamme supernovamme gen. supernovamme genitive supernovamme supernoviemme supernovaimme rare partitive supernovaamme supernoviamme inessive supernovassamme supernovissamme elative supernovastamme supernovistamme illative supernovaamme supernoviimme adessive supernovallamme supernovillamme ablative supernovaltamme supernoviltamme allative supernovallemme supernovillemme essive supernovanamme supernovinamme translative supernovaksemme supernoviksemme abessive supernovattamme supernovittamme instructive — — comitative — supernovinemme second-person plural possessor singular plural nominative supernovanne supernovanne accusative nom. supernovanne supernovanne gen. supernovanne genitive supernovanne supernovienne supernovainne rare partitive supernovaanne supernovianne inessive supernovassanne supernovissanne elative supernovastanne supernovistanne illative supernovaanne supernoviinne adessive supernovallanne supernovillanne ablative supernovaltanne supernoviltanne allative supernovallenne supernovillenne essive supernovananne supernovinanne translative supernovaksenne supernoviksenne abessive supernovattanne supernovittanne instructive — — comitative — supernovinenne third-person possessor singular plural nominative supernovansa supernovansa accusative nom. supernovansa supernovansa gen. supernovansa genitive supernovansa supernoviensa supernovainsa rare partitive supernovaansa supernoviaan supernoviansa inessive supernovassaan supernovassansa supernovissaan supernovissansa elative supernovastaan supernovastansa supernovistaan supernovistansa illative supernovaansa supernoviinsa adessive supernovallaan supernovallansa supernovillaan supernovillansa ablative supernovaltaan supernovaltansa supernoviltaan supernoviltansa allative supernovalleen supernovallensa supernovilleen supernovillensa essive supernovanaan supernovanansa supernovinaan supernovinansa translative supernovakseen supernovaksensa supernovikseen supernoviksensa abessive supernovattaan supernovattansa supernovittaan supernovittansa instructive — — comitative — supernovineen supernovinensa

Derived terms

compounds

• supernovajäänne

References

• “supernova”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎^[1] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 3 July 2023

Further reading

• supernova on the Finnish Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^fi

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sy.pɛʁ.nɔ.va/

• Audio (Switzerland (Valais)):

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• Audio (France (Vosges)):

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Noun

supernova f (plural supernovas or supernovae or supernovæ)

1. (astronomy) supernova

Derived terms

• rémanent de supernova

References

• “supernova”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012

Further reading

• supernova on the French Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^fr

Galician

Noun

supernova f (plural supernovas)

1. (astronomy) supernova

Further reading

• supernova on the Galician Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^gl

Italian

Etymology

From super- +‎ nova.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /su.perˈnɔ.va/
• Rhymes: -ɔva
• Hyphenation: su‧per‧nò‧va

Noun

supernova f (plural supernove)

1. (astronomy) supernova

Related terms

• nova

Further reading

• supernova on the Italian Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^it

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from English supernova. By surface analysis, super- +‎ nova (“nova”).

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˌsu.peɾˈnɔ.vɐ/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˌsu.peɾˈnɔ.vɐ/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˌsu.peɾˈnɔ.va/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˌsu.pɛɾˈnɔ.vɐ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˌsu.pɛɾˈnɔ.vɐ/
  • (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˌsu.pɛɾˈnɔ.bɐ/ [ˌsu.pɛɾˈnɔ.βɐ]

• Hyphenation: su‧per‧no‧va

Noun

supernova f (plural supernovas)

1. (astronomy) supernova (exploding star)

Further reading

• supernova on the Portuguese Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^pt
• “supernova”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “supernova”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

Serbo-Croatian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /supernôːʋa/

Noun

supernȏva f (Cyrillic spelling суперно̑ва)

1. (astronomy) supernova

Further reading

• supernova on the Serbo-Croatian Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^sh

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /supeɾˈnoba/ [su.peɾˈno.β̞a]
• Rhymes: -oba
• Syllabification: su‧per‧no‧va

Noun

supernova f (plural supernovas)

1. (astronomy) supernova

References

• “supernova”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025

Further reading

• “supernova”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025
• supernova on the Spanish Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^es